If you are observant, there are times you crave to eat or probably feel hungry even when you know you aren’t.
Sometimes your stomach and mindset can even make you believe you are hungry when you aren’t.
Below are certain things can make you crave for food and trick you to feel hungry:
1. LACK OF SLEEP
Lack of sleep can make you feel hungrier than normal. According to a study, sleep deprivation makes the brain more sensitive to the rewarding benefits of food, and it would prompt you to eat a larger portion of food.
2. CHEWING GUM
You might love chewing gum as it helps keep your mouth busy, or probably the mint to keep your breath fresh. Well, chewing gum can actually make you feel hungry and crave for food. According to a research, the saliva that is produced while chewing gum goes down to the stomach and fools the stomach into thinking there is food to be digested, making you hungrier.
3. EATING SUGARY FOODS
Eating too much hungry foods can as well trigger you to feel hungry even when you aren’t. According to a study, eating sugary foods in excess can destabilise your hormone; it could lead to a lower production of leptin and allow ghrelin send information to the brain that you’re hungry. Leptin is the hormone responsible for suppressing appetite.
4. FROZEN MEALS
Frozen meals can make you easily feel hungry because it doesn’t often have enough calories to make you feel satisfied. Research has found that processing foods can deplete its nutrients.
5. STRESS
Anxiety, depression and stress can make you want to eat for nothing sake. According to a research, these three can make your ghrelin level to increase, making you feel hungrier even when you are not.
6. LOOKING AT ATTRACTIVE FOODS
Looking at pictures of attractive foods can make you crave for food even when you aren’t hungry. According to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, looking at attractive meals can activate the brain’s reward centre to prompt you to eat.
These six things can actually make you feel hungrier and prompt you to eat even when you don’t feel like.
S.O.Z